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Helpful information and examples on how to use WEPOS and POS for .NET

May 2007 - Posts

Ever wonder what it takes to release products at Microsoft?
Before I came to Microsoft, we always joked about the quality of the software products – “Don’t use V1.0” – everyone has heard that. But now that I’m at Microsoft, I see what goes on behind the scenes to try to make sure the products are release quality Read More...
Congrats to IBM! Winner of the 2007 Americas Windows Embedded Excellence Award for WEPOS
The WEPOS development and marketing teams would like to congratulate IBM on winning the 2007 WEPOS OEM of the year award. In receiving the 2007 Americas Windows Embedded Excellence award, Microsoft recognizes IBM’s achievements and excellence in driving Read More...
Tip #5 – The UnfortunateTruth
And now for the final tip of the week! Well, there is great saying that “the first step in solving a problem is to admit that there is a problem”. Despite the great effort that has been done by the WEPOS development teamon the latest WEPOS 1.1 Update Read More...
Tip #4 – The Lucky 7
The New Way: When dealing with localized user interface of the additional 25 languages that have just been introduced in WEPOS 1.1 Update your option is pretty much limited to follow the prescriptive instructions offered in the previous tips and to additionally Read More...
Tip #3 – The Prescription
Tip #2 about the language settings naturally brings us to the next tip. A great way to avoid most problems in the first place is to choose the default language settings of US English in setup when possible. Additionally, only install the language OCs Read More...
Tip #2 - The Cure to the Common Cold
WEPOS setup is known to not 100% correctly set the language settings specified during setup. Although the problem itself is usually rare, this is the root cause of most language support problems in WEPOS. So, if you have a problem with localization in Read More...
Week of Tips on WEPOS Localization and International Language Support
It is such great news that the recently released WEPOS 1.1 Update expands WEPOS support for localized (non-English) user interfaces from 7 to 32 languages; the same set of languages that Windows XP Multlingual User Interface (MUI) pack supports. The greater Read More...
New POS for .NET v1.11 Documentation
The latest POS for .NET v1.11 SDK documentation was just posted on MSDN! You can check it out here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429024.aspx . The new device classes that were added include: BillAcceptor BillDispenser Biometrics CoinAcceptor Read More...
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